Coscoroba Swan
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| Swans | |
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| Coscoroba Swans (Coscoroba coscoroba) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Subfamily: | Anserinae |
| Genus: | Coscoroba Reichenbach, 1853 |
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1 living, see text. |
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The Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba Molina is a distant relative of the true swan. Many specialists merge this genus, Coscoroba, with ducks, like Whistling Ducks. The Coscoroba Swan is found in South America from southern Chile and central Argentina south to Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands.
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Other pages [change]
- http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=372&m=0#
- http://www.harteman.nl/omnibus/anseriformes/swans/coscoroba.html
